It could be due to the phobia from the media, no doubt. But media doesn't write about thin air and doesn't have the power to stir phobia's where there is no basis for it. It feeds on fears and desires of the general populace, .
What you see as media phobia, i see as a natural step in correcting the wrongs of rampant immigration/asylum seeker policy and an overly obsessive PC culture infested with pandering to minorities.
At least switzerland stood its ground with its minaret ban law.